At least 8 dead after NC church bus wreck in Tenn.

(CNN) — A preliminary number of eight fatalities was reported in a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 40 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said. Fourteen injuries were reported.

A bus traveling east had a front-tire blowout. It crossed the grass median, clipped a vehicle and struck a tractor-trailer, officials said.

There were 18 people on the bus, which is from Statesville, North Carolina, officials said. Six people on the bus died, along with one person in an SUV and one in the tractor-trailer, officials said.A wreck Wednesday involving a tractor-trailer, a tour bus and a passenger vehicle resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.